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tactics
       in conflict games   2nd  
Tamagotchi
       artificial pets  
tangible attributes of avatars  
tangible resources
       in CMSs   2nd  
tank simulators   2nd   3rd   4th  
Taylor, Chris
       design template   2nd  
team games  
tech-trees
       in strategy games   2nd   3rd  
technical awareness (characteristics of game designers)   2nd  
technical design  
technical problems
       disadvantages of online games   2nd   3rd   4th  
technical writing  
technological advances
       PCs versus home video game consoles  
technology
       versus gameplay  
technology highlights
       in game treatments  
technology upgrade limits
       in strategy games   2nd  
technology-driven games   2nd  
telephones
       future of game hardware  
teleporters
       as obstacle to exploration  
templates
       Chris Taylor's design template   2nd  
temporal dimensions of game worlds   2nd  
       anomalous time   2nd  
       player adjustments to time   2nd  
       variable time   2nd  
temporal dimensions worksheet   2nd  
temporary power-ups
       in action games  
temptation
       as call to adventure   2nd  
testing
       game design  
       puzzle games  
testing of hero (as part of hero's journey)   2nd  
Tetris
       challenges in gameplay  
       harmony  
       maintaining balance   2nd  
       narrative  
       pattern recognition   2nd  
       puzzle games  
       reflex/reaction time challenges  
       storytelling  
       storytelling in games  
        user interface design for arcade games  
       victory conditions  
Tetris Trance  
text
       in user interface design   2nd  
text adventure games
       user interface design
               evolution of   2nd  
text assets
       versus art assets
               user interface design  
The Ancient Art of War
       future of strategy games  
       resolving conflict in strategy games  
The Art of Computer Game Design (Crawford)  
The Empire Strikes Back  
       threshold guardians  
The French Lieutenant's Woman
       suspension of disbelief  
The Godfather  
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Campbell)   2nd  
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
       user interface design for adventure games  
The Hobbit
       tricksters  
The Hobbit (Tolkien)  
The Incredible Hulk  
The Incredible Machine
       computer features in puzzle games  
       game genres  
       puzzle games case study   2nd   3rd  
The Legend of Zelda\: Ocarina of Time
       action-adventure games  
       saving games  
The Longest Journey
       dramatic tension in adventure games  
       inventory management in adventure games  
        menu-driven actions in adventure games  
The Lord of the Rings  
       alternate planes of reality  
The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)  
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes
       scripted conversations with NPCs  
The Ring of the Nibelungs
       cycle of operas  
The Secret of Monkey Island
       case study   2nd  
       menu-driven actions in adventure games  
       scripted conversations with NPCs  
       what to avoid in adventure game design  
The Settlers
       construction mechanisms  
       converters for resources in   2nd  
       deadlocks in  
       economic challenges  
       hybrid games  
       resources in CMSs  
The Settlers III
       anomalous time in game worlds  
The Settlers of Catan
       strategy game example   2nd  
The Sims   2nd  
       complexity management in user interface design  
       CRPGs  
       economic challenges  
       genetic A-life games  
       history of adventure games  
       inspiration for game ideas  
       needs of sims   2nd  
       personal moral challenges  
       personalities of sims  
       reasons for success   2nd  
       skills of sims  
       trade-offs  
       transitive relationships   2nd  
       variable time in game worlds   2nd  
The Stunt Man
       suspension of disbelief  
The Writer's Journey (Vogler)  
       . s journey (storytelling)   [See also hero']
Their Finest Hour
       player roles in flight simulators  
theme
       strategy games   2nd   3rd  
                conquest   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th  
               exploration   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
               trade   2nd   3rd  
theme of story  
Theme Park
       analysis tools in CMSs  
       case study   2nd  
       complexity management in user interface design  
       economic challenges  
Theme Park World
       advisors in CMSs  
       business simulations  
themes
       of CRPGs   2nd  
Thief
       future of action games  
Thief\: The Dark Project
       physical surroundings in game worlds  
       stealth in  
third-person perspective  
       in adventure games   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
third-person viewpoint
       in action games  
three-act structure (storytelling)   2nd   3rd  
       plot pacing   2nd   3rd   4th  
three-dimensional games  
threshold crossing (as part of hero's journey)   2nd   3rd  
threshold guardians   2nd  
Tic-Tac-Toe
       as strategy game  
       game settings  
       game worlds  
tile-based game worlds
       in strategy games  
time
       in persistent worlds   2nd  
               irreversible nature of   2nd  
time limits
       in action games   2nd  
time.   [See also temporal dimensions of game worlds]
timing
       in coordination challenges  
title page
       in game treatments  
Tolkien, J.R.R.
       The Hobbit  
       The Lord of the Rings  
Tomb Raider
       action-adventure games  
        aesthetic design  
       movie version  
       perspective  
Tomb Raider series
        differentiating avatars in action games  
       perspective in action games  
tool tips
       in user interface design  
Total Annihilation
       design templates  
tournament mode
       sports games  
Toy Story
       future of action games  
       third-person perspective in adventure games  
toys
       defined  
trackside view (driving simulators)  
trade
       in strategy games   2nd   3rd  
trade-offs (game balance)   2nd  
trademarks
       sports game design issues   2nd   3rd   4th  
transitive relationships (game balance)   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  
transmission delay
       for online games  
trap
       as obstacle to exploration   2nd  
trial-and-error
       game balance as  
trial-and-error puzzles
       avoiding in adventure games  
tribal moral challenges   2nd  
tricksters   2nd   3rd  
trivialities, avoiding   2nd   3rd  
Trivival Pursuit
       knowledge-based challenges   2nd  
Tron  
       spatial-awareness challenges   2nd  
true locomotion
       future of game programming   2nd  
Turing Test  
turn -based games
       versus real-time games   2nd  
turn-based strategy games   2nd  
Twenty Questions
       game settings  
       game worlds  
two-dimensional games  
Tycoon series
       trade in strategy games